did you start to think that there was a list? no, sure. i don t think there was any doubt in my mind this was a serial killer we were dealing with. someone had declared war on law enforcement and their families. i have kids. my husband, i can t keep putting them at risk. my wife had two guns out. i said unless you know it s me coming through the door, be ready to use them. is there some sort of antigovernment militia group? i had no idea what we were dealing with. before leading investigators back home. was he living a double life? i think he was. you re making him sound like hannibal lector. it s just wild. the courthouse. the moral center of every american city and town. the place we go to settle differences, resolve disputes, find justice. it is the place where the story usually ends, but not this time. not in rural kaufman, texas, where life is leisurely and no one is a stranger. oh my god, someone just shot someone. they are laying on the ground.
she was almost like a dead mother. she worked with a nurse, but found time to bake cakes and cookies for the staff. cynthia was also an avid quilter, who loved making gifts for husbands coworkers, including shannon, and then raising two young children. she would bring fabrics in and show me. she quilted it for me. it was stunning, it was very beautiful. that s how it was. a happy, humming office, in a quiet small town. until january 31st, 2013, just before 9 am. at that moment, the calm, serene morning had the lives of everyone in the da s office would be shattered. i heard what i thought to be gunshots. police officer, jason, was a few blocks from the courthouse. he and his partner were investigating a burglary, when something big caught his attention. it was a slow and methodical five shots it.
quiet small town. until january 31st, 2013, just before 9 am. at that moment, the calm, serene morning had the lives of everyone in the da s office would be shattered. i heard what i thought to be gunshots. police officer, jason, was a few blocks from the courthouse. he and his partner were investigating a burglary, when something big caught his attention. it was a slow and methodical five shots it. bam, bam, bam, bam, pam. it was a little pause, i guess you say, and then three more shots after that. shannon was inside the courthouse when she heard the sound of sirens. that s not unusual, because there s a police station a block away, there s a hospital a few blocks on the street. that siren was jason s task needs squad car. i was calling him a partner.
until january 31st, 2013, just before 9 am. at that moment, the calm serene morning, and the lives of everyone in the da s office, would be shattered. i heard what i thought to be gunshots. police officer jason were outside of the courthouse, he and his partner were investigating a burglary when something caught is attention. there were still mythical shots it was just, bam, bam, bam, bam. and there was a little pause, i guess you d say. and then three more shots after that. shannon was inside the courthouse when she heard the sound of sirens. that s not unusual because there s a police station just a block away, there s a hospital a few blocks down street. that siren was jason squad car. i called my partner and i said,
did this and i was proud of them. this person did this and i was proud of them. he came and took it over. reporter: was he tough? he was not tough on us at all. the greatest thing about him, he let us do what we do best. reporter: he formed a relationship with mark. mark was his best friend in the office. they were very close. reporter: mark s wife fit in, she was like a den mother, worked as a nurse and found time to bake cakes and cookies for the staff. she was a avid quilter who loved to make gifts for her husband s co-workers, including shannon now married with two children. she brought in fabrics to show me, is this going to match the nursery. then she quilted it and it was stunning. it was beautiful. reporter: that s how it was, a humming, happy office in a small town. until january 31st, 2013 just before 9:00 a.m. at that moment